Date raisin cake

Ingredients

• 250 grams dates (pitted)
• 2 small bananas or 1 large
• 100 grams pecans
• 200 grams raisins
• 200 grams sultanas
• 100 grams spelt flour
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3 tbsp amaretto
• 2 eggs (whites only)

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 180°CLine a loaf pan with baking paper.Place the dates in a small saucepan with 200 ml boiling water and let simmer gently for 5 minutes.Pour the liquid into a bowl (catch it — you'll need it shortly) and put the dates in a blender. Add the bananas and 100 ml of the date liquid and blend until smooth.Mix the nuts, dried fruit, spelt flour, mixed spice and baking powder in a bowl, add the date puree and the amaretto and stir until everything is combined.Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks and fold them into the cake mixture. Pour the mixture into your loaf pan (it will be quite full) and then top with the remaining pecans.Bake for about an hour (or until golden brown and crisp and a wooden skewer comes out clean). Let cool completely before slicing.